New car review: Opel Corsa

If the light car on this page looks familiar, that's because it's the fourth generation of a model that was sold in Australia in second and third-generation form as the Barina before Holden started sourcing its light-sized product from South Korea.

Now, though, it's wearing its original Corsa badge and is part of a push by Opel, the German arm of General Motors, to become a brand in its own right in this country.

In theory, the Corsa should be able to take up where it left off in 2005. But it's also fighting an age handicap. This fourth-gen model was launched in Europe back in 2006 and faces much sterner opposition in 2012.